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dlavender said:
I just picked a 4 night stay mid week in July, which takes 68 points. Multiplied that by 210 ($14k). Then divided that by 50 (285) to break down that cost to give an annual basis. Then took 68 x 7 (476) to give maint dues per week. Gives a total of $760 for that stay in a studio. You can rent that studio for about $1150, saving roughly $400. You would have to do this about 30 times to break even on your initial investment.

Like I said, very quick math and there are many scenarios to run through. Also more complicated math you probably should do if looking into it.
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While you aren't entirely wrong a few things to additionally consider 1) 210 is the sold-out price for Copper Creek so Riviera isn't likely to be priced that high for a number of reasons and 2) Renting assumes there is an available owner if DVC owners stopped renting that part of the equation goes up quickly (I personally used 15-30% off of rack rates when I made my decision to buy. When using Rack Rates you'll get something a lot shorter). I considered a studio vs standard room at Deluxe hotel; depending on the resort your payoff really changes due to the rack rates at the resort such as PVB or VGF where rack rates are very high.

In theory each DVC ownership interest that is sold is set at a price on Disney's books so that they have a gross profit (the net being closer to zero) on the sale over the life of the contract. Essentially selling DVC is cheaper than bonds and allows them to build out their resorts bigger. But the reason it is savings to the buyer is because most individuals would never have the return on investment that a large corporation is reporting on their balance sheet to determine its profit on the DVC sales and they have some ability to assume that a guest will replace the guest that would no longer be booking a cash room.

Personally my payoff is about 7-15 years depending on the numbers I ran (even considering the time value of money) . But the DVC forum is great for discussing these things if you wanted to check it out and offer your advice to potential owners as you aren't wrong that DVC might not be for everyone, but for some it is.
 
Canadian here wanting to peep in - I never found the wifi bad during my WDW trip in 2016. But the only person I was really having to message was my husband whenever we split up and did our own thing in the parks. I don’t plan to get a phone plan just for one week. I’m taking a vacation from work so I’m not worried about reliable internet for that :)
 


AMusicLifeForMe said:
The Aladdin trailer looks better than the other previews we have been seeing. I feel better about seeing this movie now.

Since the internet blew up about this after the last teaser trailer, I would just like to point out that Will Smith isn't blue the entire movie. :D I personally like it that way though.

In regards to ticket price increases, I'm still looking into everything, but it looks like they didn't go up that much. However, of course it happens while I started looking into buying tickets for a friend last night but decided to wait a few more days.
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I'm even more excited for this movie and this is the best part of it for me :D
 
We saw Captain Marvel tonight. I thought it was a good addition to the line up. It was a bit strange in the beginning for my mind beause we were going back in time and it was so far into MCU (meaning all the movies having been made) but after a while I got used to it. I did think that while Brie's humor was there it felt a bit stiff but I still thought she did a good job. I'm looking forward to more of her :)
 
Mackenzie Click-Mickelson said:
We saw Captain Marvel tonight. I thought it was a good addition to the line up. It was a bit strange in the beginning for my mind beause we were going back in time and it was so far into MCU (meaning all the movies having been made) but after a while I got used to it. I did think that while Brie's humor was there it felt a bit stiff but I still thought she did a good job. I'm looking forward to more of her :)
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agree with all of this ... I think her humor came through and especially enjoyed the scenes with her and Fury together - but didn't show enough emotional range in the other scenes to really feel like a well rounded and fully developed character

I think she will work great in an ensemble like End Game though
 
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